hard · Enhanced ACT english
"As newer scandals broke weekly, interest in the original case ____ until almost no one recalled its details."
In context, which choice provides the most precise and idiomatic verb, given that the sentence describes a gradual, involuntary fading of public attention?
- dissipated steadily
- was dissipated steadily
- steadily dissipated away
- abated abruptly
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